Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, will be in Huntsville on Thursday to sign copies of his new book. (The Huntsville Times photo/Dave Dieter)

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- One of the state's top political leaders will be in Huntsville on Thursday, signing his book that tells of the Republican Party's rise in Alabama.

State Rep. Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, will be at Books-A-Million on Thursday, signing copies of "Storming the State House", a book he wrote that describes the strategy behind the GOP's sweep of state offices in the the 2010 election.

Hubbard, the Speaker of the Alabama House, will be at the Books-A-Million at 1001-7 North Memorial Parkway from 7-9 p.m.

Hubbard will be in Decatur tonight at the Books-A-Million location on Beltline Road and in Florence on Tuesday at the Books-A-Million on Cox Creek Parkway. Both events will be from 7-9 p.m.

According to the press release announcing Hubbard's visit, his book "provides a revealing,
behind-the-scenes look into the campaign that elected Alabama's first Republican legislature in
modern history and moved the state in a new direction after 136 years of
Democratic Party rule.

"It is a battlefield account by the architect of
the Republican takeover, whose vision and partisan vigor directly led to the
Republican tsunami that hit Alabama
in 2010. Hubbard served as chairman of the Alabama Republican Party
during the historic election cycle."